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Post by briarpipenyc on Jan 30, 2018 12:11:51 GMT -5
Greeting to one and all.
Back in 1966, for my 16th birthday, mom and pop gave me permission to smoke a pipe....just a pipe....and so I did. Went and bought me a fresh pouch of "Mixture No. 79", loaded up a pipe -that cost me $1.29- and smoked that pipe until I threw up my guts. My head was in the toilet for the first month, and things went downhill fast. I couldn't take the dry heaves anymore and finally stopped smoking a pipe for years. Tried to smoke, on and off, as a young man, and throughout my "salad days" with varying degrees of success. Never really enjoyed piping very much. I was smoking all wrong. Tongue bite, rank juices, smelly ashtrays, filthy pipe cleaners...yech! But those pipes -that I bought over the years- never really left my bucket list. Rick Hacker wrote his Ultimate Pipe Book. I learned to how to buy, and smoke some good tobacco blends (thanks to Wilke's on 55th Street), I joined the International Coterie of Pipe Smokers, read through every page of Tom Dunne's "The Pipe Smoker's Ephemeris", joined the NY Pipe Club, enjoyed hearing Sailor Man Jack's booming voice and ribald stories....yada, yada, yada.....now it's 2018.
Joining some of the forums dedicated to pipe smokers and watching some very informative You-Tube videos showed me the error of my ways. Following the suggestions from pipe-forum members got me to enjoy smoking my pipes again, and the whole ritual of pipe smoking is very relaxing and rewarding.
So, today I joined this forum. I look forward to learning from the guys who know how to do it right. Never too old to learn something new.
Frank
NYC
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Post by Dramatwist on Jan 30, 2018 12:14:51 GMT -5
Welcome Frank, lived in NYC for a long time... lots of good folks around here.
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Post by Darin on Jan 30, 2018 12:17:09 GMT -5
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Post by lestrout on Jan 30, 2018 12:59:00 GMT -5
Yo frank
Welcome. Looking forward to seeing you at the fabulous NYPC events (if I haven't already) and maybe at the NY/Newark Pipe Show.
hp
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Post by That Falls Guy on Jan 30, 2018 13:06:58 GMT -5
Greeting to one and all. Back in 1966, for my 16th birthday, mom and pop gave me permission to smoke a pipe....just a pipe....and so I did. Went and bought me a fresh pouch of "Mixture No. 79", loaded up a pipe -that cost me $1.29- and smoked that pipe until I threw up my guts. My head was in the toilet for the first month, and things went downhill fast. I couldn't take the dry heaves anymore and finally stopped smoking a pipe for years. Tried to smoke, on and off, as a young man, and throughout my "salad days" with varying degrees of success. Never really enjoyed piping very much. I was smoking all wrong. Tongue bite, rank juices, smelly ashtrays, filthy pipe cleaners...yech! But those pipes -that I bought over the years- never really left my bucket list. Rick Hacker wrote his Ultimate Pipe Book. I learned to how to buy, and smoke some good tobacco blends (thanks to Wilke's on 55th Street), I joined the International Coterie of Pipe Smokers, read through every page of Tom Dunne's "The Pipe Smoker's Ephemeris", joined the NY Pipe Club, enjoyed hearing Sailor Man Jack's booming voice and ribald stories....yada, yada, yada.....now it's 2018. Joining some of the forums dedicated to pipe smokers and watching some very informative You-Tube videos showed me the error of my ways. Following the suggestions from pipe-forum members got me to enjoy smoking my pipes again, and the whole ritual of pipe smoking is very relaxing and rewarding. So, today I joined this forum. I look forward to learning from the guys who know how to do it right. Never too old to learn something new. Frank NYC Nice to see you here Frank. Your post reminded me of some of the same things that I did with the pipe back in the 60's! |
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Post by puffy on Jan 30, 2018 13:16:06 GMT -5
 Welcome Aboard
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Post by JimInks on Jan 30, 2018 13:37:43 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum!
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Post by crapgame on Jan 30, 2018 13:44:13 GMT -5
A hello from Pittsburgh Pa
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Post by zambini on Jan 30, 2018 13:45:16 GMT -5
Welcome, from Mexico City
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Post by slowroll on Jan 30, 2018 13:48:52 GMT -5
Welcome from PA. Good to see Another geezer!
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Post by Artistik on Jan 30, 2018 14:06:17 GMT -5
Welcome from the Sunshine State!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2018 14:10:54 GMT -5
Greetings and Welcome from Washington State.
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Post by peteguy on Jan 30, 2018 15:17:11 GMT -5
trailboss loves Mixture 79. Welcome to the forum.
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Post by briarpipenyc on Jan 30, 2018 16:21:05 GMT -5
Thanks for the warm welcomes, and happy to see that other fossilized members are posting here, in their dotage.
Wish there was a specific section on pipe forums, just for other geezers like me...you know so we can talk "pipe" and and share our latest prostate problems, all at the same time. Then all the younger members especially the way too sensitive "snowflakes", can just skip over our rambling comments, and reminiscences of things past. I'm thinking of refurbishing and cleaning out all my vintage pipes with embalming fluid. Tick-Tock!
I jest, of course.
Frank
NYC
Hope to see other pipers at the NY Pipe Show/March. Look for vultures circling my head, and if you smell decomp....that's me!
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Post by just ol ed on Jan 30, 2018 16:29:55 GMT -5
adding my welcome/greats Frank from opposite end....40miles East of Buffalo. Glad you got back into it. I too, recall the agony of syrupy aromatics in cheap pipes.
Just wondering if, by chance you can beat 12/29/1940. If so......I done lost my seniority here!
Ed Duncan, 77
Batavia, NY
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Post by briarpipenyc on Jan 30, 2018 16:37:06 GMT -5
Ed Duncan.....
God Bless you! You win!!! I'm a youngish 68 years old, but I'm told I still think, and joke around like an immature 18 year old...sometimes.
Frank
NYC
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 30, 2018 16:54:03 GMT -5
Welcome from Humble Texas! M79 has the same effect on me, and Wilke is still the best.
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on Jan 30, 2018 16:54:30 GMT -5
...welcome from SE Tennessee...Enjoy the Patch!
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Post by Yohanan on Jan 30, 2018 20:14:03 GMT -5
Hello Frank, and Welcome to the Forum!!!
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Post by TwelveAMnTX on Jan 30, 2018 20:16:56 GMT -5
Welcome to the Patch Frank!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2018 20:33:32 GMT -5
Welcome!
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Post by antb on Jan 31, 2018 1:15:38 GMT -5
Welcome from the Dark Continent!
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Post by colorduke on Jan 31, 2018 7:19:31 GMT -5
Welcome from Pennsylvania.
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Post by rblood on Jan 31, 2018 7:22:09 GMT -5
Welcome from NC!
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Post by briarpipenyc on Jan 31, 2018 7:29:51 GMT -5
Thanks for the greetings, and salutations. I'll post from time to time when I think I have something interesting to say or ask. BTW, after I turned 60 years old, I finally realized that everyone is entitled to my opinion. On with the show.... Frank NYC |
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Post by Stormy on Feb 2, 2018 7:10:16 GMT -5
Welcome from Mississippi.
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Post by Lady Margaret on Feb 2, 2018 7:59:23 GMT -5
welcome from Charleston, WV!
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Post by pappyjoe on Feb 2, 2018 9:38:19 GMT -5
Welcome from SE Louisiana. Spent 3 years on Governors Island when it was a Coast Guard facility. Wished I had known about all the good cigar and pipe shops in Manhatten back then.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 9:52:22 GMT -5
Welcome Frank. I too first took up pipe smoking in 1966. I too almost threw up from Mixture 79. I too spent years in the wilderness not smoking a pipe. I too learned from Hacker and online codgers and other mentors and guides. I too came back to the pipe in the last decade, to end up enjoying it more than ever. Make yourself at home because I suspect that many of us here share a similar history as pipesmokers. Cheers.
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Post by mgtarheel on Feb 2, 2018 18:14:39 GMT -5
Welcome from "The Tarheel State"
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